prig
1 of 2noun (1)
ˈprig 
: thief
prig
2 of 2noun (2)
1
archaic : fop
2
archaic : fellow, person
3
: one who offends or irritates by observance of proprieties (as of speech or manners) in a pointed manner or to an obnoxious degree
priggery
ˈpri-gə-rē
noun priggish
ˈpri-gish
adjective priggishly adverb
priggishness noun
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
prig to steal
Noun (2)
probably from prig entry 1
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1567, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1676, in the meaning defined at sense 1
priggish
adjective
as in prudish
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- prudish
- staid
- puritanical
- straitlaced
- stuffy
- straightlaced
- prim
- virtuous
- genteel
- Victorian
- nice-nelly
- bluenosed
- moral
- proper
- righteous
- refined
- upright
- decent
- honest
- right
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- permissive
- lecherous
- immoral
- improper
- prurient
- indecent
- wicked
- bad
- liberated
- lax
- sleazy
- loose
- depraved
- lickerish
- sluttish
- slatternly
- degenerate
- debauched
- perverted
- trampy
- skanky
- slutty
- degraded
